Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Stock Market Rally Mission Accomplished / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Guy_Lerner

Now that the stock market has moved over 50% higher in the past 6 months, there are two words that would best describe where we are now: "mission accomplished". Of course, we all remember President George W. Bush in the early months of the Iraq War standing on the deck of a Navy ship with those two words emblazoned on a banner in the background. Little did we know, that "mission accomplished" really meant mission just getting started. In any case, I use those words because the Federal Reserve and Treasury have engineered a recovery and in particular, a stock market recovery, that has brought prices back to levels seen in early October, 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed sending the world economy into a tailspin (sic: sorry words of the "media").

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Canada the Best Investment in North America, Not the United States / Stock-Markets / Canadian Stock Market

By: Money_Morning

Martin Hutchinson writes: The U.S. stock market has run up magnificently in the last six months. The U.S. economy has begun to recover, but its performance has fallen short of expectations.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Stocks Bull or Bear Market, Case for a Bull Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market

By: Hans_Wagner

Is this a bull or bear market? After a rally of more than 50% by the S&P 500, some investors are debating the question of bull market versus bear market. Moreover, those of us who have benefited from this rally are taking the prudent step to evaluate whether this is a bull or bear market.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Five Hot New International ETFs To Consider / Stock-Markets / Exchange Traded Funds

By: Ron_Rowland

Today, much of the world’s economic growth is outside of the U.S. So for now at least, many (and maybe most) of the compelling investment opportunities are outside the U.S., too.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

140th Year Anniversary of Black Friday 1869 Banking Panic, History Repeating? / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: GoldCore

Today is the 140 Year Anniversary of the original Black Friday on September 24th, 1869. Since then the word ‘Black’ has been used to describe any day that the stock market, currencies or financial markets have crashed. There have been many, many such crashes but the one that birthed the term happened on this day 140 years ago.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Stock Market, A Peter Pan Market / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Brian_Bloom

Only in Never Never Land can age and gravity be defied.  In the real world such ideas may be described as “escapist fantasies”.

There has been much debate in recent weeks regarding whether US Equities have entered a new Primary Bull Trend or whether we have been witnessing a bounce in a Primary Bear Trend.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Overbought Stock Market Corrects on Positive Fed Statement / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Jack_Steiman

The market has been very overbought for quite some time. Sometimes it gets ridiculous to be blunt. Staying at levels of overbought you just don't see very often. We can see that, not only on the index charts, but on many regular stock charts such as Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) to name just a few. Both of those issues printed, on the daily charts, RSI's just under 80 today. That's just silly. These readings can't go on forever.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Stock and Commodity ETF Funds DIA, UUP, GLD, SLV and XLE Momentum Shift / Stock-Markets / Exchange Traded Funds

By: Chris_Vermeulen

Today we had a reversal day for the broad market, us dollar, precious metals and oil. The market is over extended. We have seen the market rally 20% since the July low.

Inter-market analysis is important to understand because everything is related in some way. The next month will be very interesting with the US dollar trying to rally, which will put pressure on precious metals, stocks and commodities.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Global Financial Crisis Explained- Credit and Credibility Part2 / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009

By: Richard_Karn

Continued from Part1 - Consequently, the ETR believes a return to the gold standard, or some rules-based derivation thereof, is highly unlikely without either a grassroots US taxpayer revolt or an utter collapse of the fiat dollar precipitated by global consensus to end its use as the world’s reserve currency. Neither appears likely at this juncture.  The groundswell of popular dissent needed to achieve the former seems to have been largely bred out of Americans over the last generation, replaced by a distracted, self-absorbed apathy that seeks easy salvation in a president that emulates the wrong Roosevelt: what we need is a trust-buster carrying a big stick, not an interventionist appeaser masquerading as an eco-warrior.  

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Global Financial Crisis Explained- Credit and Credibility / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009

By: Richard_Karn

Richard Karn/ETR writes: Introduction:  By early November of 2008, the Emerging Trends Report (ETR) had been inundated with so many enquiries regarding the viability of our themes in light of the global financial crisis that we embarked on a review and re-evaluation of all nine of our themes in this fluid and decidedly hostile environment.  Eight months on, this book-length tenth report is the result.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Stocks Bear Market Pattern and the Battle for Financial Sphere Hegemony / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Joseph_Russo

PROPHECY - Or plausible consideration of cyclical relationships, and fractal repetition
If one embraces the notion that cycles exist within economies and financial markets, and that, progressions within cycles are fractal and of various size and degree, one must then conclude there is a dynamic level of general repetition continuously occurring across various timeframes.  The footprints of such fractal repetitions record themselves continuously via data points plotted across the axis of price and time.  They do so through recorded price chart data gathered throughout the course of history. 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Stock Market Rally, Time to be a Contrarian? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Claus_Vogt

Claus Vogt writes: Many successful investors and speculators, like Warren Buffett and George Soros, are said to be contrarians. But what does this really mean? And is it true?

Let’s have a look at the concept of contrarianism to find out whether it can give us some guidance during these exciting times …

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Great Fed Financed U.S. Dollar Decline and Stock Market Rally of 2009 / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Prof_Rodrigue_Trembl

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group or any controlling private power."  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd and longest-serving US president 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Stock Market Stuck in the Gap... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

We made a nice move a few days back to get through the bottom of that 1060 to 1080 gap on the S&P 500. We are hanging out above 1060 but are unable to this point to take out 1080 thus we're literally stuck in the gap. A tough place to get much volatility.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Beware of Negative Stock Market Divergences / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Marty_Chenard

Last week, I spoke about Divergences and their importance.

Some technicians use a 30 day Momentum indicator in order to spot divergences. Although it is not one of my favorites, it does offer a divergence warning for investors.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Stock Market "Buy The Dip" Mentality Fully Entrenched / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Mike_Shedlock

Anyone following the markets knows there is a huge underlying bid.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

SPX Stocks Index Topping or Breaking Out? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: The_BullBear

While there certainly could be a top here I think that to call one at this point would be pure speculation and guesswork. Picking a top is not advisable. There is some evidence that we are seeing the acceleration of the bull trend rather than its fading.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Wealthbuilder Quarterly Stock Market Brief and Stock Pick / Stock-Markets / Dow Theory

By: Christopher_Quigley

The monthly charts of the Dow Industrials and the Dow Transports are most revealing as they allow one immediately get a long term perspective on the current market situation. The Dow 30 hit an intraday high in October of 2007 touching 14,198. The Dow 20 got there in May 2008 hitting 5,536.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Major Technical Forces Are About to Collide in the S&P 500 Stocks Index / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: INO

The S&P 500 has seen remarkable recovery from the lows that were seen earlier this year. However, all of that may come to an end as we fast approach a strategic level for this market. There are two major technical indicators that are colliding at a crucial point and time. Unless you're aware of these indicators, it could be very expensive.

Monday, September 21, 2009

What GE's Chart Tells About SPY / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Mike_Paulenoff

For the most part General Electric (GE) and the S&P 500 Depository Receipts (AMEX: SPY) exhibit very similar patterns during the past year or so. However, upon a closer look, we notice that GE actually peaks slightly before the peak in the SPY. After the March rally, GE peaked on May 8, while the SPY peak on June 11.